close down

Verb

Meaning

cease to operate or cause to cease operating

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shut down close up close fold shut up end stop bar finish collapse crash fail shut closing seal
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Antonyms

found yonder profit Yon go ahead communicatory
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Hyponyms

withdraw retire adjourn

Related terms

close out

Examples

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe. Billy Corgan

It's tempting to just write a comic called 'Everyone Mail Randall Munroe Twenty Bucks' - maybe it would work, and I could just close down the 'xkcd' store and sit on a beach and draw pictures and make snarky Reddit posts for the rest of my life. Randall Munroe

In an atmosphere when anyone can close down the conversation by saying "I feel uncomfortable”, rational discussion becomes impossible. The empirical method, the basis of Enlightenment civilization, no longer applies. Daniel Hannan

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup. Leonard Cohen

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down. Sade Adu

I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet. Stephen Fry

Close letter words and terms

close dancing close decision close distance close down a process close encounter close enough